civil and human rights

For almost sixty years, Israel has functioned as a democracy in a state of siege. Consequently, Israel’s civil and human rights issues are omnipresent and difficult to resolve. Learn more >>

social and economic justice

Did you know that 1 in 3 Israeli children live below the poverty line? An appalling statistic for a country whose economy continues to soar, yet the poor just get poorer.
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religious pluralism and tolerance

Although non-Orthodox Jews comprise 70 percent of Israel's population, a tiny percentage of the budget for Jewish culture and education is allocated to Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and other streams of Jewish learning.
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Israeli Arabs and bedouin citizens

Israel's 1.37 million Arab citizens vote, pay taxes and speak Hebrew, yet suffer pervasive discrimination, unequal allocation of resources and violation of their legal rights. 
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environment

The Israeli environment is threatened by water shortages, headlong development of remaining green spaces, and severe industrial pollution.
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immigrants

Israeli immigrants grapple with day-to-day issues of unemployment and under-employment, housing, youth at-risk, and social alienation.
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women's rights

Social institutions, traditions and religious laws have kept girls and women at a disadvantage in schools, in the workplace, in divorce cases, and as victims of violence. 
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